Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her detailed response. I ask her to home in, in her final response, on the specifics of the over-reliance on medication and parents' concerns in this regard. Following what has emerged in recent weeks and months, the entire CAMHS process has been discredited to some extent. It is important and reassuring for the public to see she has come out strongly on this issue and has detailed plans in place and a commitment and resolve to put this issue right. Parents are worried and I am deeply concerned that it will put many young people and parents off engaging with the service. I ask her to expand on the medication aspect in the short time that remains.

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